A practical account of the Mediterranean fever, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of His Majesty's Fleet on that station : with cases and dissections. To which are added facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms and treatment comprehending the history of the fever in the Fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813 : and of the Gibraltar & Carthagena fevers / by William Burnett.

  • Burnett, William, Sir, 1779-1861.
Date:
1816
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Credit: A practical account of the Mediterranean fever, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of His Majesty's Fleet on that station : with cases and dissections. To which are added facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms and treatment comprehending the history of the fever in the Fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813 : and of the Gibraltar & Carthagena fevers / by William Burnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    remarkable ; and the affection of the stomach more moderate ; the pulse soft, and less fre- quent; and a gentle uniform moisture covering the whole body. The absence during the pro- gress of the disease of the severe gastric symp- toms, of the yellow suffusion, of ischuria, dysp- noea, singultus, and subsultus tendinum ; the bowels moderately open, without pain on pres- sure. There are few severe cases where the disease is protracted beyond the third day, and the gastric symptoms are urgent, in which the yellow suffusion does not make its appear- ance; and the earlier it is observed, and the deeper hue it assumes, so in proportion is com- monly the danger of the patient; not only as to his present recovery, but also as to the ultimate consequence of the fever ; as in almost every instance, it portends a protracted convales- cence, and not unfrequently is followed by a diseased state of the liver, dropsical swellings, or irregular attacks of intermittent fever, proba- bly depending on a morbid state of the viscera. The foundation of phthisis pulmonalis is often laid by this disease, and the patient, though saved from its immediate, is destroyed by its remote effect. During the prevalence of an epidemic of this kind, slighter cases will undoubtedly occur; in-